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bill NO. _____________
INTRODUCED
BY _________________________________________________
By Request of the ****
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT directing the department of transportation to assume MAINTENANCE responsibility for a portion of south main street in drummond; AMENDING SECTION 60-2-203, MCA; and PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 60-2-203, MCA, is amended to read:
"60-2-203. Maintenance responsibility. (1) The department shall maintain all public highways or portions of public highways that it maintained on July 1, 1976.
(2) The department shall assume the maintenance responsibilities for paved secondary roads as roads are identified cooperatively by the department and the county or counties in which a paved secondary road or paved secondary road segment is located. The department may phase in maintaining the paved secondary roads but must have completely assumed the responsibilities by January 1, 2001.
(3) The department shall assume the maintenance responsibilities for south Main street in Drummond from the north end of the Clark Fork River bridge to its intersection with Front street."
NEW SECTION. Section 2. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.